Since factory farming helps with the mass production of meat‚ is it still a good idea? I believe that factory should be banned. Factory farming is cruel‚ makes the meat low quality‚ the animals are seen as products‚ and factory farming contributes to making pollution. Factory farms treat the animals in a cruel manner. The farms help contribute to make pollution into our environment. The farms make the meat at a low cost‚ because the quality of the meat is not very good. Factory farms treat the
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Factory Farming Factory farming involves raising livestock in a small‚ confined area on a large scale for the purpose of supplying food for human consumption. Hens‚ for example‚ are crammed into cages that are housed in large sheds where there is very little light‚ so that they can keep laying eggs. This makes it cheaper for farmers‚ since they don’t have to spend as much time looking after the welfare of their livestock. There are certainly ethical questions. It could be argued that factory farming
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If the remaining 99% of the animals raised in factory farms in the United States were instead raised in a free range system the increase in resource demands would be incredible. For example‚ cows in todays factory system are raised on a supplemented diet of corn and therefore require no pasture land. If instead‚ all of the 30.2 million cows killed annually were raised on a natural diet of grass it would take over 60 million acres of pasture to accommodate the animals. That is a area of land roughly
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Lastly‚ there is disease which is the most important effect from factory farming it can have a big impact on the consumers and the animal. One of the many diseases is mad cow diseases it is also known as Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is said to be caused by feeding dead cows to other cows; the cow becomes infected and so can humans through the consumption of diseased meat (O’Brien 30). There is something that has to change they could either stop feeding dead cows to cows which they definitely
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agriculture were portrayed as beneficial. Two main critiques that will flow throughout is the overall cost-benefit analysis was not taken into account and the level of implementation of the positive aspects. One area of modern farming promoted by the affirmative is factory farming. The intention of this method is the increase output of livestock through concentrating the area used and more closely watching over the animals. However‚ studies of the implementation of this highlights severe ethical‚ humanitarian
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Factory farming is a big manufacturing corporation that rears good numbers of animals such as cows‚ pigs‚ sheep‚ gouts‚ chickens‚ and turkeys for food. In such as factories animals are treated with hormones and antibiotics to protect them from disease‚ and to speed and increase productions of animals at low cost‚ also to make it affordable to consumers. Most or almost all meat supplies in the United States are produced by factory farms. Factory Farms have become subject to debate and an issue that
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difference between organic farming and factory farming? Organic goes far beyond just “not using chemicals.” It also has to do with the treatment of the animals. Conventional‚ also known as “factory”‚ farming uses an overdose of pesticides‚ chemicals‚ and antibiotics- as well as the harsh treatment of the animals. Organic farming uses none of these methods. There are many reasons we should abolish the conventional methods and entirely switch to organic farming. Factory farming is among the most harmful
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Factory farming. Something that is ‘out of sight’ and thus ‘out of mind’ for the majority of the Australian populace. An unnecessary‚ atrocious treatment of animals. Factory farms are places where animals are reared in the shortest and quickest way possible‚ before being slaughtered. These farms began with the discovery of vitamins A and D‚ which could then be added to animal’s foods‚ meaning they had no need to take in sunlight. The discovery of antibiotics then allowed animals to be kept in
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globally and cutting down forests in order to expand their crops to feed our population today. We can stop the problems and engage in the solution‚ which is to promote new ways of farming that can save us water and land with drip irrigation and vertical farming. Drip irrigation is the solution to conserve water while vertical farming will allow us to expand our farms vertically and not horizontally‚ allowing us to also conserve our land on earth. So‚ can we conserve our water and land for future generations
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Business of Dairy Farming : Big Trouble for Cows June 11‚ 2007 Most people are aware that dairies in the United States bear little resemblance to the idyllic pastures of yesteryear. As with other branches of animal agriculture‚ such as chicken and egg production‚ hog farming‚ and beef production as well as crop growing small‚ traditional dairy farms have been steadily pushed out of the business by large agribusiness concerns. Since the mid-20th century‚ the growth of factory farming has led to
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